| Summary: | Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1994. Education Bibliography: leaves 62-65. This report consists of two parts. The first section describes an internship completed at the Psychology Department of the Janeway Child Health Center, August 1993 to December 1993. It includes: a comprehensive report of the rationale for the internship; and a description of the setting, supervision, goals and professional activities of the intern during the internship placement. In addition this report describes a research project conducted during the internship. The research project studied the perceptions of clients' and therapists' as it relates to the outcome of family therapy. In order to assess the perceptions of success, the Family Assessment Device and a researcher prepared follow-up questionnaire for the clients and therapists were administered. Overall results of this research indicated that clients and therapists concur on the outcome of family therapy. There is also close agreement on the areas of improvement and the degree of success. Clients reported a high degree of satisfaction with therapy. The results of this study will be useful information for clients, therapists, and the research setting for future planning and programming of family therapy services.
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